Lalbaugcha Raja

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Lalbaugcha Raja
Lalbaugcha Raja, 2009
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Ganesha
Festival	Ganeshotsav
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Active
Location
State	Maharashtra
Country	India
Website
https://lalbaugcharaja.com/en/

Lalbaugcha Raja (English: The King of Lalbaug) is the sarvajanik (public) Ganesha idol kept at Lalbaug, a locality in Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The idol gives darsan^{[clarification needed]} to the devotees for 11 days; thereafter it is immersed in the Arabian Sea at Girgaon Chowpatty on the day of Anant Chaturdashi (Ganpati Visarwhat Jana).

The belief that this idol of Ganesha is, Navasacha Ganpati (Marathi: नवसाचा गणपती) (which means the "one who fulfils all wishes") draws over 1.5 million pilgrims to the idol's display area daily during the 10-day Ganesha Chaturthi festival.^[1]

As of 2023, the Lalbaugcha Raja has entered 90 years.^[2]